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What is the equation of sodium react with water?
Sodium metal reacts rapidly with water to form a colourless basic solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and hydrogen gas (H2). The reaction continues even when the solution becomes basic. Sodium reacts violently with water because it is much more active than hydrogen. Therefore, a redox reaction between H+ and Na occurs to give H(2) and Na+ is very energetically favourable. So much energy is released that the hydrogen gas released can burn.
The balanced chemical equation is: 2Na (s) + 2H2O (l) → 2NaOH (l) + H2 (g).
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